The Ex and Her Riches

“Aren’t you going to ask me anything about the wedding?” Cedrick whined begrudgingly.

Gwendolyn turned toward him and cupped his face before gently kissing his well-shaped lips. “Didn’t you say you wanted it to be a big surprise? Me interfering would foil your plans for sure.”

Gwendolyn was right, but he still wasn’t happy with how little time she spent with him while she was occupied with work all day.

Gwendolyn explained to him patiently, “I’ve recently invested in a new drama which I have high hopes for. Since today is the opening ceremony, I need to be present due to my role as an investor. I’ll keep you company once I’m back at night. All right, Ceddy?”

She ran her hands over his face and planted butterfly kisses over his forehead, brows, the tip of his nose, and lips.

Cedrick knew how important Gwendolyn’s career was to her and could only remind her, “Be careful. Remember not to wear high heels and always stay warm. Also, don’t drink and—”

“All right, all right. I heard you.”

Cedrick had been repeating the exact phrases for the past few days whenever Gwendolyn left for work. She had them memorized down to a tee by now.

She replied perfunctorily and dashed out of the Jenson residence after putting on her shoes.

Cedrick stared broodingly after her as she vanished at the corner of the garden wall.

Nico arrived shortly after Gwendolyn left.

However, his expression was solemn this time around.

Cedrick detected the change in his mood. “What happened?”

“Cedrick, Eloise has disappeared from prison in the same way that Natasha escaped previously.”

Cedrick’s face turned somber.

“Have you conducted an investigation yet?”

was clean work. There weren’t any traces

couch and perused the documents

inferred, “Could Mr. Craig be behind this? After all, he’s privy to Charles splashing the biochemical serum. However, if this were proven true, it indicated he had a hand

and not an

ones that had been sniffed out were Hector, Lane, and

frowned as

always felt there was still a culprit

in Chanaea capable of committing such a feat besides Craig and Asher. We’ll

Cedrick. I’ll order my men to get to

“Increase the number of personnel tasked to protect Gwenny in secret. Ensure she’s

assured that Gwendolyn’s safety is

You may

to see to his

through the information about Eloise’s disappearance alone

was evident that Gwendolyn was

that Gwendolyn’s opening ceremony would

ceremony. She’d intentionally arrived fifteen minutes earlier before

new drama was a mainstream historical

of an official achieved success in

be a cold-hearted individual that always took her for granted. However, he immediately regretted his actions after their divorce and desperately groveled to win her back, resulting

first glance as it gave her a sense of fondness stemming from a sense of familiarity. Hence,

she won the Best Actress Award,

over to escort Gwendolyn once she got out of

of Gwendolyn’s safety

the lounge while waiting for the commencement of the opening ceremony, and both of them struck

remember the Newton family saying they plan to hold a welcoming ceremony for you upon your return from Erihal. How

on returning to the Newton residence for the time being, so

her hand tightly. “As a daughter of the Newton family, you’ll be added to the family register sooner or later. They’ll surely shower you with affection to make up for the

disappointment she felt. “But still, we have nothing in common besides being

Newton family except for Craig

the only youngest daughter in the family before Jennifer was found. Jennifer’s return meant that she’d be stealing all the attention from Jasmine as the Newton family attempted to make amends for the years they’d spent

her the entire time